CL ID

[ValleyCottageSplitter]

Can anyone figure out what this is from the picture? It's on my commute home. I have a guess based on the heartwood, but I'd like to see what others have to say. I can't tell the branching from the picture, but I'll see if the guy will find out.

 

[nrford]

Most likely Soft Maple, but it may be Hard Maple...too far away for me to be positive.

 

[ValleyCottageSplitter]

How to tell the difference if I go there? I'm pretty familiar with Red maple. It doesn't look like typical red maple bark. I'd probably only pick up sugar maple.

 

[TedyOH]

I'd look for leaf litter, has to be some along that fence line.

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[PA. Woodsman]

That's a nice score, I would take it regardless what it is. Would you have to clean up the brush or can you just cut and haul the wood?

 

[ValleyCottageSplitter]

He didn't really specify. I think I could just haul the wood. It would be a pain if I ended up with silver maple or box elder or something. Like my Cottonwood stash from last fall...

 

[CincyBurner]

Take a close-up pic of the twig/ buds.

 

[FaithfulWoodsman]

I can almost say with certainty it's not silver based on the bark, especially at the base, but it is a grainy pic when close-up. Doesn't look like red either, so I'd say there is a better chance that it's hard maple.

 

[ValleyCottageSplitter]

I thought this load was all taken away, but it just popped back up online. I didn't have a saw with me but I stopped by and grabbed a couple large branches. I confirmed the opposite branching. I only saw pin oak leaves covering the ground, so that didn't help.

It has a strong x pattern, almost what I imagine pignut hickory looks like. I got a nice close up of the twig. This should be clear:

 

[PA. Woodsman]

I'd say Ash or Norway Maple...

 

[ValleyCottageSplitter]

Man, I'm still not sure. I just took a [tacoma] bed load back home. Gave one 8" a split and it split easily. A little bit flakey. It doesn't look stringy like my other ash. It split kind of like red maple. I was a little worried it could be poplar . The buds on the ground look just like my norway in the back. I think this is the best clue.

I dug more into the leaves. Found both of these two attached. Does this tree identification ever get easier??

Please someone tell me this is not poplar! Does anyone know how what Norway looks split?

 

[TedyOH]

The leaf is not poplar.....i see a sugar maple and an ash leaf

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[claydogg84]

It's either Norway Maple or Ash.

 

[mcdougy]

To me, that is not ash. I have a tough time sorting out all the maples, but my guess is you have one of them.

 

[Jeffm1]

Can anyone figure out what this is from the picture? It's on my commute home. I have a guess based on the heartwood, but I'd like to see what others have to say. I can't tell the branching from the picture, but I'll see if the guy will find out.

Looks like damn good firewood to me.

 

[ValleyCottageSplitter]

Alright, just hope this doesn't dry up into balsa. Thanks guys. I'm just going to call it Norway Maple. Sounds like about the same BTU's either way. Going to get another 1000lbs this week.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

After seeing the last pictures I say Norway Maple, being able to see the grain is a big help.

 

[Woody5506]

Looks pretty maple-y to me and very similar to a Norway maple at my parents house. Was it pretty heavy?

 

[ValleyCottageSplitter]

Looks pretty maple-y to me and very similar to a Norway maple at my parents house. Was it pretty heavy?

Yep. The larger limb logs were ~14" x 18" and weighed in at 125lbs. I'm sure it's still pretty green though. Need to crack them open soon.

 

[Jags]

Dats maple - most likely Norway or a close cousin. My guess, anyhoo..

 

[JSeery]

+1 Norway Maple

 

[Wood Duck]

Norway Maple. Good stuff, I'd take all I could get.

 

[ValleyCottageSplitter]

I got the second load with the main base of the trunk tonight. I didn't have a way to roll it (about 10'x18") and ended up destroying the chain. I tried to be careful of the first few just slowly touching off the end until it could splinter apart. I cut off two and then could roll the next 4 rounds. Then it got dark and I was left with the last 5' of the tree. The guy didn't want to come down to help and I ended up just plunging it down and dulled it. Oh well. I think I ended up with about 1200lbs more. The center trunk is really hard! It felt just like seasoned hickory.

 

[ValleyCottageSplitter]

Finished getting it split. The straight rounds took about 5 minutes each. Anything with even the slightest curve turned into a huge knot ball and took 20 minutes+ to hack what I could out of them.

Looks like just about exactly 1/2 cord. Measured @ ~90" x 46". Here's the pile plus a little sweet gum for my friend.

 

[billb3]

If it was red maple the leaf would be red. If it is Norway maple the leaf is yellow. It's now old and wet so hard to tell what color it might have been.
Norway and red/swamp maple are both halfway decent firewood.